Stove-pipe cleaner



PatentedJune '7, 1887.

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B. W'. HUBY. STOVE PIPE CLEANER.

IH HI c H|| m will UNITED STATESl PATENT OFFICE.

EYEES WYLIE HUEY, or WINDSOR, MISSOURI.

STOVE-PIPE CLEANER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No 364,255, dated June 7, 1887.

Application filed February 15, 1886. Serial No. 192,051. (No modeLl I T o @ZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, BYERS WYLIE HUEY, a citizen ofthe United States, residing at VVindsor, in the county of Henry and State of Missouri,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Stove-Pipe Cleaners; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others Skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying` drawings, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

My invention relates to stove-pipe cleaners; and it consists in the novel details of construction shown, and hereinafter more fully set forth and claimed.

In the drawings, Figure l is a longitudinal section of a joint of pipe embodying my invention. Fig. 2isasection on the line X X of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the scraping device. Fig. avis a cross-section of a pipe, showing a different means of operating the Scrapers, and Fig. 5 is a perspective view, parts broken away,of the modification oi' which Fig. 4 is a transverse section.

In carrying out my invention a jointof pipe, A, of any shape in cross section, is made use of', and a portion of the same is swaged out ward, either in a longitudinal direction or at right angles to the bore of the pipe, to form a guide, a, for the reception of the scraper-operating rod B.

The scraper is composed of a number of rings, C, of a shape conforming to the pipe in cross-section. These rings are united by strips D to form a series, as most clearly shown in Fig. 3. In practice the scraper is placed within 'the joint of pipe, with its operating-rod` B located in the guide. Fig. lshows the guide extending lengthwise of the pipe. Consequently the scraper in operation receives a reeiproeatory motion. In Figs. It and, 5 the guide is shown at right angles to the bore of do not claim such construction as forming a part of my invention. my construction each joint of pipe has its own cleaner, and the several joints can be readily taken apart or put together without causing any inconvenience. So far as I am aware itis new to provide a single joint of pipe with a scraper or cleaner and to swage a part of the pipe to form a guideway in which the operating-rod is seated and by which the scraper is limited in its movements. Having thus described my invention, what I A claim, and de'sire to secure by Letters Patent,

1. The combination, with a single joint of stove-pipe having a portion swaged therefrom, forming a guideway, of the operating l rod seated in and guided in its movements by said guide way, and the scraper, substantially as and for the purpose described.

2. The combination, with the joint of pipe having a portion swaged therefrom,forming a guideway at right angles to the length of said pipe, of a scraper located in the pipe and the opcratingrod seated in said guideway and having its ends projected through opposite ends thereof, substantially as and for the purpose described. i

Intestimony whereof I afx 1n y signa-ture in presence of two witnesses.

BYERS WYLIE HUEY.

Witnesses:

F. L. Brian, WM. Goronrrr. 

